Word: haydn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...completely written down). From Brahms's massive skull came four symphonies, from Tchaikovsky's high crown six, from Beethoven's shaggy pate nine. Mozart's wonderfully broad forehead gave out no less than 41. But when tough old Joseph ("Papa'') Haydn sat down at the age of 72 to catalogue his works, he could shake his egg-shaped head till it nearly cracked, but he could not for the life of him remember all those nice symphonies he had written. Their authenticated number...
...programme will include Cherubini's "Wassertraeger Overture." Haydn's Clock Symphony," Kera's "Selections from Show Boat," the first movement of Mozart's "Clartnet Concerto," and Grieg's "Norwegian Dances...
Included on the program are Haydn's Clock Symphony, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, and other classical works. As a modern selection an orchestrated medley of tunes from Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" will be presented by the combined orchestras. The baton will be shared by Miss Francis Leech of the Colby Orchestra and Malcolm Holmes...
Thus did Court Composer Franz Joseph Haydn hint to his employer, Prince Esterhazy, that autumn was well along, and that he and his musicians were chafing to get back to Vienna...
...famed Boston Symphony had announced a "concert extraordinaire." Manhattan concertgoers could see that something was up when 18th-Century ushers led them to their seats. When Boston's stiff-necked orchestra appeared in silk stockings and periwigs with Conductor Koussevitzky himself got up as Franz Joseph ("Papa") Haydn, they began to catch on. Without batting an eye, poker-faced Koussevitzky led his men through Haydn's rococo whimsey, bowed gravely, pinched out his candle and left the stage...